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NEWS ANALYSIS: Sink or swim time as net titles race to attract loyal surfers - Not all the web magazines will survive in this flooded sector. By Colin Grimshaw

The entry of four new titles in six months has doubled the size of
the internet magazine sector. Last week saw the launch of Crazynet, a
new magazine for the lads’ market, while What’s Online has moved away
from male readers to target a new, broader territory.

The entry of four new titles in six months has doubled the size of

the internet magazine sector. Last week saw the launch of Crazynet, a

new magazine for the lads’ market, while What’s Online has moved away

from male readers to target a new, broader territory.

So have publishers discovered an endless wave of web surfers, or is the

sector in danger of becoming swamped? And as new users become better at

navigating the net, is there any long-term future for what basically

amount to ’TV guides’ to the web?

Future group publisher John Weir thinks there will be casualties. ’It’s